Flat Hand-Truck Tire

[BrentD]

I have a 2-wheel hand-truck (dolly/2-wheeler/whatever you call it) with small tires that are maybe 9" or 10" in diameter. I made the mistake of attempting to move a rather heavy piece of equipment before I realized that one of the tires was flat. Now I can't figure out how to get the tire to re-seat on the rim so I can air it back up.

I'd try the old starter fluid explosion trick, but I'm afraid the tire is too small to handle that pressure. Any ideas?

 

[Willl]

It's tubeless ?

 

[JB4310]

One of those ratcheting tie down straps, a really big hose clamp or a few larger ones put together, A rope with 2 eyes, (one on each end) wrapped around the middle of tire tread (around the circumference) so the eyes meet up, put a screw driver or other leverage device through the eyes and twist. The idea is to squeeze the middle of the tire so much that it forces the side wall out towards the rim, then blast some air in there, once the the beads set release the strap.

Or get a tube

 

[Chilly807]

I'm with JB on this one, the ratchet strap trick works well in most cases. Check the valve stem, the core may not be tight in the stem.

Chilly

 

[forgeblast]

just get a 4.00 tire on a rim from harbor freight. Those tires are small and a pain to get back on. or better yet get a flat free one.

 

[toy]

I have used versions of jb's method and it works. I have a rope hanging in my garrage for that purpose now. I had a rim on a lawn cart that you pull behind a mower and I had used fix a flat in it. I don't know if that was what caused it or not but a hole rusted in the rim and I needed to haul some stuff so I put a piece of valley tin over the hole and I took the valve core out and sprayed in some of that spray in foam insulation. It swelled that tire up in a hurry and I did the job that I needed done. I made one bad mistake though, when I went to lowes I bought a new wheel and replaced the insulation filled tire and rim, a real red neck would have had to seen how long that wheel would have lasted before he threw it away.

 

[glh]

I have a 2-wheel hand-truck (dolly/2-wheeler/whatever you call it) with small tires that are maybe 9" or 10" in diameter. I made the mistake of attempting to move a rather heavy piece of equipment before I realized that one of the tires was flat. Now I can't figure out how to get the tire to re-seat on the rim so I can air it back up.

I'd try the old starter fluid explosion trick, but I'm afraid the tire is too small to handle that pressure. Any ideas?

just try the old starter fluid explosion trick..
just put a very small amount i have done it many times
the tire will hold alot more then you are thinking
(just think of how much pressure is in the tire at the time of you using it to move that rather heavy piece of equipment)
i told a guyto put air in my dolly one time and he did then after i checked um one of um he had put over 50psi into it
but the strap will work good too

 

[Treemonkey1000]

My vote is just to replace both tires with the flat free type. Saves the hassle of when they go flat again. I did that on the wheelbarrow and don't regret it at all.

 

[Baby Grand]

Strap-n-Slime!

I have a 30 gal compressor that always had 1 or 2 flat tires until I slimed them.

The strap trick is new to me - sure wished I known about that one a few weeks ago when I was cussin' at the Craftsman tractor cart wheel. This place is a goldmine.

-Jim

 

[JB4310]

I like the expanding foam insulation idea wonder how long it would last or how much weight it could hold. Might be fine for hand truck or lawn trailer.